On May 21, the L.A. Watts Times asked its readers to vote “No” on California’s Proposition 14, the top-two ballot measure on the ballot on June 8. See its statement here.
The L.A. Watts Times was founded in 1965, and is today the most widely distributed African American newspaper in Los Angeles.
In other news about the Proposition 14 campaign, on May 21 Christina Tobin was interviewed for six minutes on KGO, one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s leading radio stations. She mentioned that political scientist Boris Shor has studied polarization in the state legislatures of all 50 states, over the last 15 years, and that although he finds that California has the most polarized state legislature, Washington state has the 2nd most polarized legislature. And Washington state has had either a blanket primary, or a top-two primary, in almost all of the last fifteen years. The host was quite surprised, because the California newspapers that support Proposition 14 always say that Proposition 14 would reduce polarization.
How many of the M-O-R-O-N media have ever heard about —
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V. ???
NO primaries are needed.
Where does Louisiana’s legislature rank?
Louisiana has a very unpolarized legislature. That is why the political scientists say there is no correlation between openness of primary, and polarization. Other factors determine polarization.
There aren’t even supposed to be ballot propositions. How are we supposed to vote people who make bad laws out of office if the voters are the ones making the laws?
The government will just have to dissolve the people!
#3 No state has the long experience with an open primary that Louisiana does.
#5 Recall!
New Age politics — just like Old Age politics —
MORE power or LESS power for the party hacks to control the lives, liberties and properties of the People — nothing new for about 7000 plus years of recorded political history.
Now – TOTAL *polarization* — especially since 1914 and World War I — millions killed and injured and enslaved due to the EVIL party hack control freaks aka STATISTS — MONSTERS on Earth — Kaiser Bill, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, etc. etc. — with their party hack gangs.
I just want to know How many of the M-O-R-O-N media have ever heard about –P.R. and nonpartisan App.V. ???NO primaries are needed.